Well I used to think that angsty stuff and description was what I did best. But now I realize that my emotionally charged scenes make my characters sound more like Teenage Drama Queens and I put way TOO much description to the point where it becomes tedious and detracts from the story. What I do worst is smut and action. I can see action and smut beautifully in my head but I can never transfer it onto the paper the way it should be. I've found that comedic and introverted, quiet characters and situations are actually what I do best. Also I need help with grammar and proper structure because mine is terrible.

So what about the rest of you who write? What's your best and worst? and what could you or would like to improve on more?

Exactly. It's reasonable for "one" character to sound like me but the others shouldn't. I have to make a conscious effort to make everyone sound different. The reader should be able to make an accurate guess as to who is talking in a scene without my having to use "he said, she said" all the time.

Exactly. It's reasonable for "one" character to sound like me but the others shouldn't. I have to make a conscious effort to make everyone sound different. The reader should be able to make an accurate guess as to who is talking in a scene without my having to use "he said, she said" all the time.

any time i write i use basically the same technique that screne play writters use. a block paragraph describing the scene and then when it comes to conversations, each persons dialog is its own paragraph. for example:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------bob, sally, and frank were walking down the street and spotted a tattoo parlor. they stood out in front of the shop sipping on their beverages looking at all the different designs that were available. sally notices a sign that stated 'walk-ins welcome" and turned to the guys and said:

"hey, check this out guys!"

bob: "oh badass!! walk-ins welcomed! lets do it!"

frank: "sounds like a plan to me! ive tried calling around but everyone ive talked to has a 4 to 6 month waiting list..."

that technique earned me A+ on several story writing assignments back in highschool even if had alot of bad spelling because nobody else seemed to grasp the concept of dialog in their stories. grant it, i never bothered to learn 80% of the definitions of shit like nouns, verbs, fragments, etc etc though... lol

What I've been doing with the novels I'm writing is converting the posts that I have permission to use into text and dialog. The biggest problem I've had so far is creating new characters and dialog to "fill in the blanks" left by the posts I don't have permission to use.

But. I got to kill the annoying ones off. Two aren't dead yet but one was last seen writhing in a shallow pool of burning oil [she'll survive for the moment, I'm gonna REALLY kill her later] while the other PITA is going to be torn apart by a young shapeshifter whose mother has just been murdered.VERY satisfying, I must say.

But. I got to kill the annoying ones off. Two aren't dead yet but one was last seen writhing in a shallow pool of burning oil [she'll survive for the moment, I'm gonna REALLY kill her later] while the other PITA is going to be torn apart by a young shapeshifter whose mother has just been murdered.VERY satisfying, I must say.

But. I got to kill the annoying ones off. Two aren't dead yet but one was last seen writhing in a shallow pool of burning oil [she'll survive for the moment, I'm gonna REALLY kill her later] while the other PITA is going to be torn apart by a young shapeshifter whose mother has just been murdered.VERY satisfying, I must say.

makes me glad I'M not a character in one of your stories

It isn't so bad. My "world" is full of hot guys and there is plenty of action to go around. Monogamy is NOT required and the society as a whole doesn't give a hoot who you're playing with as long as everyone is legal and consenting. It's only the PITAs that are meeting a bad end, mainly because it's fun and because I want to bring in some new characters that haven't been created to fill "slots" left empty because I don't have permission to use the original characters.

There are a lot of gaps, I'm afraid since I haven't gone back and filled them in. I decided to just write the damned books and fill those gaps in later. Which since I've finished the first two, I probably should get to!

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Subject: Re: Writing; What styles do you do best with? Worst with? Need more improvement on?

Writing; What styles do you do best with? Worst with? Need more improvement on?